New International Ideocracy and Russia

Abstract

The author of the article analyzes the role of ideology in the modern world, underpinning his theses by historical examples, as well as posits the existence of the powerful Western ideology of “democracy”, which is transforming into international ideocratic system infl uencing all facets of human life. Taking into consideration the theoretical approaches of prominent political scientists and sociologists, the author analyzes critically analyzes modern Western ideocracy and its interdependence with the age of information, globalization and postmodern cultural development. The article emphasizes the concept of normal state” and studies the role of Russia in these processes.

Keywords

• ideocracy
• democratization
• the west
• normal state
• globalization
• ideology
• culture.